I Love You Because I Can't Control You: Difference between revisions

** Prince Dirmando likes Usagi's [[Older and Wiser]] self, Queen Serenity, for this reason as well. When Usagi reacts in the same manner, he also pursues her.

* ''[[Ranma ½]]'': In the manga and even the anime, it's one of the reasons why Ranma has feelings for Akane. He's wanted by [[Even the Guys Want Him|men]], [[Chick Magnet|women]], and ''[[Even the Wombats Want Him|a panda doodle]]''. While most girls either pursue Ranma or at least freely admit they think he's attractive, [[Tsundere|Akane]] is one of the few who refuses to show interest openly. She also seems to almost always know if [[Manipulative Bastard|Ranma is trying to trick her]] or [[Wig, Dress, Accent|is wearing a disguise]]. Because of her fiery temper and refusal to put up with his crap, they eventually fall under the [[Just Friends|best friends category]]. Considering that he's [[Hates Being Touched|uncomfortable with physical affection]] and loves a good challenge, it actually makes sense.

* Count Germont from ''[[Honoo no Alpen Rose]]'' is repeteadly rejected by the heroine Jeudi, but he keeps trying to make her his mistress no matter what. Lampshaded by the Count's wife Francoise, who tells Jeudi that the Count's impressed by Jeudi's ability to tell him no repeatedly, and confesses that she also envies Jeudi for it.

* ''[[Reimei no Arcana]]'': One of the first few things that attracts Caesar to (and annoys him about) Nakaba is her refusal to be controlled by him.

* The latest Clock King is obsessed with Rose Wilson aka Ravager mostly because she has similar precognitive abilities that can counter his own powers.

* [[Elf Quest]]: Leetah and Rayek's relationship in the early issues could easily be interpreted this way.

'''Rayek:''' [http://www.elfquest.com/comic_viewer.php?fd{{=}}/gallery/OnlineComics/OQ/OQ02/_Original%20ElfQuest%20-%202_page{{=}}14#_14# Because you are the only one worth having!] }}

* ''[[Wuthering Heights (novel)|Wuthering Heights]]'' - Edgar for Cathy Earnshaw. She walks all over him, ignores his wishes, throws temper tantrums and obviously prefers the company of Heathcliff, and yet he refuses to give her up.

* ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]'': Elizabeth Bennet is [[Genre Savvy]] enough to realize this is why Mr. Darcy fell in love with her -- she was a welcome change from the likes of his [[Clingy Jealous Girl]] Caroline Bingley.

'''Elizabeth:''' You may as well call it impertinence at once. It was very little less. The fact is, that you were sick of civility, of deference, of officious attention. You were disgusted with the women who were always speaking, and looking, and thinking for your approbation alone. I roused, and interested you, because I was so unlike them. Had you not been really amiable, you would have hated me for it; but in spite of the pains you took to disguise yourself, your feelings were always noble and just; and in your heart, you thoroughly despised the persons who so assiduously courted you. }}

** Interestingly, [[Jane Austen]] takes the opposite approach to the trope in her next novel ''[[Mansfield Park]]'', where Henry Crawford and his sister are both fully aware that the only reason he wants to make Fanny Price fall in love with him is because she's the first girl who doesn't fawn over him and crave his attention. The difference from ''P&P'' is that [[It's All About Me]] in Crawford's case.

* Fans would have us believe that [[Firefly|Jayne]] feels this way about [[Axe Crazy]] River Tam.

* ''[[The Secret Life of the American Teenager]]'' has this in the pilot, proving that at least one of the writers actually knows how to write. The main love interest, after talking to the main character, talks to his councilor.

* Is the "seduction expert" character in ''[[Psych]]'', season 5, in love with his friend merely because she's immune to his tactics, or did he fall in love with her because he discovered other things about her due to the failure of these tactics?

* Prince Arthur from ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'' begins to fall in love with Guinevere because she's the only one who refuses to suck up to him, and calls him out on his rude behavior.

== Theater ==

* It's possible to interpret ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'' like this, with Kate being impressed that she is unable to frighten away Petruchio (YMMV of course). This is the approach taken in ''[[Ten Things I Hate About You]]''.

'''Patrick''': Now see, right there, who needs affection when you have blind hatred? }}

** Arguably, the inverse is also true for the movie - Patrick grows to love Kat because she's not afraid of or especially impressed by him, unlike most of the student body.